Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying

"Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying"
Single by Blind Willie Johnson
Released June 29, 1929
Format 78 rpm record
Recorded Dallas, Texas, December 5, 1928
Genre Gospel blues
Length 3:04
Label
Songwriter(s) Unknown

"Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying" is a traditional gospel blues song recorded in 1928 by Blind Willie Johnson (vocals and guitar) and Willie B. Harris (vocals), who is thought to have been his first wife.[1][2] Some versions of the song recorded by other artists have slightly different titles: for example, a comma after "Lord"; or, "Cryin'" instead of "Crying"; or, an appended "Sometime" or "Sometimes".

"The King's Highway" in the song might refer to one or more of:

  • the ancient trade route between Egypt and Mesopotamia, mentioned in the Bible
  • the British idea of the King's Highway – public roads, where an offence against another person is not merely a civil offence but a crime against the king's majesty under common law
  • the pathway to Heaven, the King being God

Recordings

  • 1926–27 – Rev. H. R. Tomlin [3][4]
  • 1928 – Blind Willie Johnson [5][6]
  • 1967 – Brother Joe May, on the album Thank You Lord for One More Day [7]
  • 1994 or before – Laura Henton [8][9]
  • 1997 or before – Golden Gate Quartet [10]
  • 1998 – Phoebe Snow, on the album I Can't Complain [11][12]
  • 2004 or before – Bessie Johnson Sanctified Singers, on the compilation album Goodbye, Babylon [13]
  • 2011 – The Barr Brothers, on the album The Barr Brothers [14][15]
  • 2011 – Colin Stetson, on the album New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges [16][17]
  • 2011 – Dave "Snaker" Ray, on the album My Blue Heaven [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Blind Willie Johnson discography". Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Blakey, D. N. (August 8, 2007). "Chapter 14". Revelation: Blind Willie Johnson – The Biography. Lulu Enterprises. pp. 100–108. ISBN 978-1430328995. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Reverend H. R. Tomlin / Rev. S. J. Worell: Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying at AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Reverend H. R. Tomlin: Lord, I Just Can't Keep from Crying at AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ Blind Willie Johnson – Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying / Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning at Discogs
  6. ↑ Blind Willie Johnson: Lord I Can't Just Keep from Crying at AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ Brother Joe May: I Just Can't Keep from Crying Sometime at AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ Laura Henton: Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes at AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ Laura Henton: Lord, I Just Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes at AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  10. ↑ Golden Gate Quartet / Blind Willie Johnson: Lord, I Just Can't Keep from Crying at AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  11. ↑ Phoebe Snow – I Can't Complain at Discogs
  12. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. Phoebe Snow: I Can't Complain at AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  13. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. Various Artists: Goodbye, Babylon at AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  14. ↑ The Barr Brothers – The Barr Brothers at Discogs (list of releases)
  15. ↑ The Barr Brothers: Lord, I Just Can't Keep from Crying at AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  16. ↑ Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges at Discogs (list of releases)
  17. ↑ Colin Stetson: Lord I Just Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes at AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  18. ↑ Dave Ray / Dave "Snaker" Ray: My Blue Heaven at AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2015.


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